Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page › Last page Last The Value of the Board Retreat Those of you who read my blog regularly know that my focus tends toward either hospital operations or healthcare policy. In my latest blog, I want to change the pace and talk about the value of a well-planned and well-executed Board retreat. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman The “Productization” of Healthcare Is Not Kind to Hospitals Explore how hospitals and health systems are faring in an increasingly productized healthcare marketplace. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Pandemic Redux? When the nation is unprepared for catastrophic public health emergencies, the consequences are as real as they can get. As we saw with COVID-19, many people died while the country’s public health apparatus struggled to catch up, and America’s hospitals, jumped into the breach. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman When Financial Performance Matters We have entered a financial moment when paying attention to the sunk cost fallacy will be central to maintaining, or recovering, the financial, clinical, and mission strength of America’s hospitals. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Developing a Point of View About Inflation In February, U.S. inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index grew 7.9% year-over-year, the highest increase in four decades. The factors influencing the current inflationary... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman The New Public Health Imperative for Hospitals One of the COVID pandemic’s most bitter lessons has been the complete inadequacy and dysfunction of the U.S. public health system, if the word “system” can even be applied. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman AI, Breast Cancer, and a New Mindset for Healthcare Artificial intelligence is a new idea that even data experts don’t fully understand. It requires a new view of the role of healthcare in improving health and preventing disease. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Amazon Doubles Down With the COVID crisis entering its third year and continuing to demand the immediate attention of hospitals, executives should look closely at Amazon’s example of investing across their businesses to satisfy long-term customer needs. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Taking a No-Regrets Approach to Health Inequity Healthcare organizations have faced a set of historically intractable problems, some of which have become far more apparent and intense in the 20 months since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, including dealing with the fallout of a public health system. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman The Workforce Challenge Is a Segmentation Challenge In my conversations with senior executives at healthcare organizations around the country, I find that leaders have three critical topics on their minds: workforce, workforce, and... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman What Would You Do If You Were CEO of State Farm? The well-worn phrase “culture eats strategy for breakfast” has new relevance in American business these days. Take the case of State Farm insurance. For almost ten years, Green Bay... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Getting Culture Right Today, American culture is changing so quickly and with such a high degree of nuance that it is increasingly difficult both to interpret and to navigate. However, navigating how those... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page › Last page Last
The Value of the Board Retreat Those of you who read my blog regularly know that my focus tends toward either hospital operations or healthcare policy. In my latest blog, I want to change the pace and talk about the value of a well-planned and well-executed Board retreat. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
The “Productization” of Healthcare Is Not Kind to Hospitals Explore how hospitals and health systems are faring in an increasingly productized healthcare marketplace. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Pandemic Redux? When the nation is unprepared for catastrophic public health emergencies, the consequences are as real as they can get. As we saw with COVID-19, many people died while the country’s public health apparatus struggled to catch up, and America’s hospitals, jumped into the breach. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
When Financial Performance Matters We have entered a financial moment when paying attention to the sunk cost fallacy will be central to maintaining, or recovering, the financial, clinical, and mission strength of America’s hospitals. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Developing a Point of View About Inflation In February, U.S. inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index grew 7.9% year-over-year, the highest increase in four decades. The factors influencing the current inflationary... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
The New Public Health Imperative for Hospitals One of the COVID pandemic’s most bitter lessons has been the complete inadequacy and dysfunction of the U.S. public health system, if the word “system” can even be applied. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
AI, Breast Cancer, and a New Mindset for Healthcare Artificial intelligence is a new idea that even data experts don’t fully understand. It requires a new view of the role of healthcare in improving health and preventing disease. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Amazon Doubles Down With the COVID crisis entering its third year and continuing to demand the immediate attention of hospitals, executives should look closely at Amazon’s example of investing across their businesses to satisfy long-term customer needs. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Taking a No-Regrets Approach to Health Inequity Healthcare organizations have faced a set of historically intractable problems, some of which have become far more apparent and intense in the 20 months since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, including dealing with the fallout of a public health system. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
The Workforce Challenge Is a Segmentation Challenge In my conversations with senior executives at healthcare organizations around the country, I find that leaders have three critical topics on their minds: workforce, workforce, and... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
What Would You Do If You Were CEO of State Farm? The well-worn phrase “culture eats strategy for breakfast” has new relevance in American business these days. Take the case of State Farm insurance. For almost ten years, Green Bay... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Getting Culture Right Today, American culture is changing so quickly and with such a high degree of nuance that it is increasingly difficult both to interpret and to navigate. However, navigating how those... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman